Too few kids with sickle cell disease get stroke screening, treatment, CDC finds

This colorized microscope image shows a sickle cell (left) and normal red blood cells of someone with sickle cell anemia. (Janice Haney Carr/CDC/Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia via AP)

Too few kids in the United States with sickle cell anemia get a needed screening for stroke, according to a new study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The study found that fewer than half get the screening and that only half or fewer get a treatment that can help with pain and anemia, according to the CDC, which is calling for more screening and treatment.